Unseen Academicals. 2024 edition

Football (aka soccer) comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, upending the wizards of Unseen Universityand dividing Discworldin this wonderfully funny novel in Sir Terry Pratchetts internationally bestselling series.

The wizards at Ankh-Morporks Unseen University are renowned for many thingswisdom, magic, teatimebut athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the citys benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive its sports program and field a football team composed of faculty, students, and staffor lose the funding that pays for their nine daily mealsthe wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. First, they have to understand what makes foot-the-ball so popular with Ankh-Morporkians.

Then they have to learn how to play itand winwithout using magic.

Of course, the thing about football is that it is never just about football.